An August 5 cyber-attack on United Kingdom-based cellphone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, has put over two million of its clients' info at risk.
A breach was located within Carphone Warehouse's security network, mainly in the division managing e2save.com, Mobiles.co.uk and OneStopPhoneShop.com, which divulged sensitive data about their clienteles, BBC reported.
The intrusion was detected on Aug. 5 but the enterprise digressed in telling their patrons after 3 days, as they attempt to patch up the flaws in their system.
Encrypted banking data, credit information among others, of 90 000 individuals have been possibly compromise and millions of consumers' data including bank details, names and even addresses are in risk of exploitation.
They also speculate that the intrusion was there for the last couple of weeks, and the attack was stopped immediately, after it was detected.
Customers are advised to first verify with the company, contact their bank for uncommon actions of their current accounts and if so request a termination of the account, renew the passcodes of their accounts, check to see if anyone has made a claim for a new banking accounts and credit details under their namesake, and be alert to pick out suspicious messages trying to get more information on the consumer's account.
The company has made efforts to reassure their patrons by contacting all the affected. In a statement by Dixon Carphone, an umbrella corporation of Carphone Warehouse, its CEO Sebastian James said that the company apologizes for the inconveniences brought about by the assault.
Services from iD Mobile have also been affected by the recent attack, as well as other Dixon Carphone offers including Talk and Talk Talk Mobile.
The postponed statement of the hack generated criticisms about the company's failure to notify them about a possible privacy invasion, according to SkyNews.